Hi firstly just wanted to say I'm new here so if this thread is in the wrong place then forgive me well so here is my problem I got xperia T handset and recently it wont boot at all it wont charge or switch on my bet it's the battery since it was over heating when it was charging etc but my question is this since it's a rooted handset and I cannot un rooted since the battery is dead and my pc wont recognize the device and I need to send it off to Sony will they accept the handset or will i have problems with it being fixed? my phone is from Three network it has been fixed before but it was a different issue it was regarding the mic being faulty over heating and battery issue's so any advice would be great TBH
desperado126 said:
Hi firstly just wanted to say I'm new here so if this thread is in the wrong place then forgive me well so here is my problem I got xperia T handset and recently it wont boot at all it wont charge or switch on my bet it's the battery since it was over heating when it was charging etc but my question is this since it's a rooted handset and I cannot un rooted since the battery is dead and my pc wont recognize the device and I need to send it off to Sony will they accept the handset or will i have problems with it being fixed? my phone is from Three network it has been fixed before but it was a different issue it was regarding the mic being faulty over heating and battery issue's so any advice would be great TBH
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For Sony phone :
1. Rooted but locked BL then Sony will repair it
2.Rooted but unlocked BL then sony won't repair it
Saingpor said:
BTW there is no unlock BL for Xperia T..
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That's funny because I unlocked the bootloader on my Xperia T, and there are plenty of people who have
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gregbradley said:
That's funny because I unlocked the bootloader on my Xperia T, and there are plenty of people who have
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Oh really? But when I visited T forum u saw a thread which is about Unlock BL for T/TL and they said that donation for...
Ok sorry sir my bad
Saingpor said:
Oh really? But when I visited T forum u saw a thread which is about Unlock BL for T/TL and they said that donation for...
Ok sorry sir my bad
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No worries.
That's because some carriers have made the bootloader unlockable and there is currently no way to get around it.,
However look at this
http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
and you can see that Sony is not the OEM of the year (As voted by XDA members) for several years on the trot for no reason.
They actively help xda devs. They give instructions on their own website on how to unlock the bootloader (On sim free devices and devices from carriers such as Vodafone UK who do not lock down the bootloader) and even give devices for free to devs (Adam Outler being one) so that people can work it.
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My question is in the title. So I have recently bought a manufacturer refurbished TF300T off eBay, everything is working like a charm except for that it cannot be unlocked using the official Unlock Device Tool (throws an error saying "Unknown error. This might be a network connection issue..."). I contacted ASUS customer support and their answer is that a refurbished product simply cannot be unlocked without any further explanation, which doesn't really make sense to me. Anyway, I've been searching on the Internet for other means to unlock my device but no luck at all. I would appreciate if anyone can help me solve this problem or at least give me an explanation as to why unlocking can't be done on a refurbished tablet. Many thanks in advance!
P.S. I am trying to install Ubuntu on my device that's why it needs to be unlocked.
Suggest you read more before you brick it. Unlocking the bootloader and rooting are two separate things. Kingo roots it easily. You'll be staying locked if unlock tool does not work for you.
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Reilly1812 said:
Suggest you read more before you brick it. Unlocking the bootloader and rooting are two separate things. Kingo roots it easily. You'll be staying locked if unlock tool does not work for you.
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thank you for your reply. I thought rooting and unlocking were the same thing.
Hi 2easy4sam,
Were you able to unlock your transformer?
I also have a refurb tf300t, and the official unlock tool doesn't work on it.. Can't use the tablet with stock ROM anymore!
akj_1989 said:
Hi 2easy4sam,
Were you able to unlock your transformer?
I also have a refurb tf300t, and the official unlock tool doesn't work on it.. Can't use the tablet with stock ROM anymore!
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Go to Asus Suport with screenshots of the error, a speedtest, build number and mac adress. Tell them to update their database with correct informations. Then you'll be able to unlock your tablet with this tool.
If they tell you can't try it one more time and don't let them before your tablet is unlocked. Don't listen to the guys who said it isn't supported anymore.
I've been talking with a woman from asus support, she was cool and did what she had to do. The first time it didn't work, they probably didn't upgraded as they had to... I insisted and she retried it. Now my TF300T is unlocked and everything works well.
If you are cool with them and you insist, it will be ok.
PS: Sorry for my bad english
Hey all!
How can I get Bootloader unlocked "Yes" in the cellphone? Mine says "No"
Best Regards
You can't unlock if it says No. And next time try to search before posting it's been told million times.
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Dzepar said:
You can't unlock if it says No. And next time try to search before posting it's been told million times.
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Not to be a pain, but to be honest that's not that explicit, since most posts talk about the bootloader unlocker, yet, almost none mentions that. And it's just not clear enough :\
But thank you very much, now I know
Just being curious, in what conditions a Xperia J comes with the "Yes" on Bootloader Unlocked?
That depends of where you buy it. I bought it a t-mobile on 2 year contract so it was sim locked (it works only with T-mobile) and with bootloader unlocked allow No. if you buy it from mobile shop it should be with bootloader unlocked Yes. So as I anderstand if you sim unlocking should get bootloader unlock Yes, but I haven't found free way to sim unlock it. I hope this helps
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Hello everyone!
I recently got a Sony Xperia L phone and was about to install cyanogenmod 12 / 12.1, when i bumped into this problem during the process. Is there any way to correct/bypass/solve this issue? The guides say i would need "Bootloader unlock= allowed" to continue. Also, there is this site that claims that their software can solve this problem but im a little skeptical as i could not find any consolidated info yet neither on XDA developers or google in general (for now). I would be grateful for any info you can give me on this matter. The name of the site is "bootloader-unlock-allowed-no-solution DOT blogspot DOT hu" but i havent tried it yet.
Thanks in advance.
fil369 said:
Hello everyone!
I recently got a Sony Xperia L phone and was about to install cyanogenmod 12 / 12.1, when i bumped into this problem during the process. Is there any way to correct/bypass/solve this issue? The guides say i would need "Bootloader unlock= allowed" to continue. Also, there is this site that claims that their software can solve this problem but im a little skeptical as i could not find any consolidated info yet neither on XDA developers or google in general (for now). I would be grateful for any info you can give me on this matter. The name of the site is "bootloader-unlock-allowed-no-solution DOT blogspot DOT hu" but i havent tried it yet.
Thanks in advance.
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bootloader unlock allowed = no is in our case a lock that is written in TA partition... if you have NO then you have a carrier simlock (that also locks bootloader) ONLY your provider can unlock it atm ... please dont play with TA and dont try to change anything on it.... if the phone rejects the TA (this partition is signed) you will definitly have a HARDBRICK with no way out except mainboard change (very expensive)
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Ty, I understand. I will try with my provider then. Just for curiosity, is this a common thing to ask from one's provider? Do they really do it if asked, or it depends from their general policy?
fil369 said:
Ty, I understand. I will try with my provider then. Just for curiosity, is this a common thing to ask from one's provider? Do they really do it if asked, or it depends from their general policy?
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every provider does it...but it will cost you .... the amount of money is depending on how old your device is... for devices that are payed as a part of a (vertrag ? dont know english word... payed monthly?) they sometimes say "only unlock after its fully paid"
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Hi,
Did anyone buy this phone from vodafone ro. They do not have the phone on the test benches and I cannot test if the bootloader is unlockable. I asked and again they won't let me play with the phone before buying it. I played with the xperia x in theirs shop and on this phone the bootloader status says unlockable: no. For me a phone on which I cannot unlock the bootloader is a phone which I can through out of the window... Thanks
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cojocar.andrei said:
Hi,
Did anyone buy this phone from vodafone ro. They do not have the phone on the test benches and I cannot test if the bootloader is unlockable. I asked and again they won't let me play with the phone before buying it. I played with the xperia x in theirs shop and on this phone the bootloader status says unlockable: no. For me a phone on which I cannot unlock the bootloader is a phone which I can through out of the window... Thanks
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If you want to be able to root it and unlock the Bootloader you must buy a sim free network unlocked device(like what you would get from the Sony store) the only network I know of that supply these types of device's is three UK as I use them myself all of there devices have unlockable Bootloaders whether payg or contract. Locked Bootloader root on the xa or all other new Xperias since z3+ will probably never happen, there's currently also no way to back up ta keys on the xa either which is why I'm still currently stock. It's a great device though I'm highly impressed with it
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aidy.lucas said:
If you want to be able to root it and unlock the Bootloader you must buy a sim free network unlocked device(like what you would get from the Sony store) the only network I know of that supply these types of device's is three UK as I use them myself all of there devices have unlockable Bootloaders whether payg or contract. Locked Bootloader root on the xa or all other new Xperias since z3+ will probably never happen, there's currently also no way to back up ta keys on the xa either which is why I'm still currently stock. It's a great device though I'm highly impressed with it
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I bought three years ago a xperia l from vodafone ro and the bootloader was unlockable, but that was 3 years ago. I'll probably buy it from a store somewhere, not from vodafone, if I cannot test it. Thanks
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Hello to everyone..
Sony mobile flasher simlock option killed my sony xperia Z5 sim service.... bad mistake by me
Basically i bought a second hand sony xperia Z5 locked to O2 UK- first i wanted to upgrade the firmware and i have installed sony mobile flasher 0.9.23.2 and all the drivers to my laptop and downloaded the latest firmware everything was on right way to complete the firmware upgrade but before i proceed i saw the simlock option and i choosed it in order to remove the o2 network lock from the phone, i thought i could get 2 things done if i was lucky but i did not think choosing this option would of kill the phones network function. unfortunately after completing the flash i cannot use the device as a phone as it says no sim service, i can see the imei number and use other things on the phone like wifi etc... but cannot make calls.
After making some google search unfortunately i wasnt able to find any solution for this issue. Is there anyone on this forum have had this problem or can anyone advice me what to do please?
thanks.
sorry to hear that dude dont think the sim unlock works for this model hope u can get it sorted
vibealite said:
sorry to hear that dude dont think the sim unlock works for this model hope u can get it sorted
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thanks..
still hoping some genius people on xda forum will help me
Lionking78 said:
thanks..
still hoping some genius people on xda forum will help me
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fingers crossed dude
Hi, have you tried to unlock the bootloader and reflash stock firmware using the flashtool from flashtool.net and xperifirm?
Or you could follow this step by step and see if that helps. https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/general/ftf-e66xx-patched-kernels-google-drive-t3688365